Small Town Crime

If it wasn’t for bad luck, Nik Briscoe wouldn’t have any luck at all. On the run from a criminal gang for a crime she didn't commit, she finds herself arrested in the obscure town of Possum Trot for yet another murder she didn't commit. Sensing a trend here, Nik knows she needs to clear her good name—and fast. As a disabled ex-Navy SEAL, Nik is no stranger to challenges, but facing off against Sam Beaulieu, a local power player with seemingly limitless influence, pushes her skills to the limit. With the odds stacked against her, Nik dives into the murky underbelly of Possum Trot, ...

It's never too late to die and try again. Georgie Wells dies at 18. The first time she relives her life, she comes back at 13 years old, and has a mystery to solve: She's living with a family she has never met. Over several lifetimes, Georgie struggles in a desperate race through time to solve the mystery, and her own death, looking over her shoulder at every turn. Teens and adults alike will love this time travel thriller. Get your copy of this gripping time travel series. This is the fourth book in the Ivy Mystery Series. The Many Lives of Ivy Wells – Book 1 The Many Lives of Sam Wells ...

Jamie Sharpe is adoring her new role managing the Terrowin Hotel. But Grandpa Sharpe has alluded that the mysterious hotel, a legacy passed down from her uncle, could contain secrets and treasures too dangerous to unearth. When she’s invited to a gathering at the historic Story Mansion for the Gloucester family reunion, she eagerly accepts. Jamie is hoping to get the elderly Evelyn Gloucester, an old family friend of the Sharpes, to finally reveal some of the Terrowin's carefully guarded secrets. But then she finds Evelyn’s dead body in the old servant's quarters, and suddenly she’s ...

A girl dies one late, rainy night a few feet from the back door of her home. The girl, Abeba, was born in Ethiopia. Her adoptive parents, Delvin and Betsy Harvey—conservative, white fundamentalist Christians—are charged with her murder.

Driven by a compulsion that challenges his self-control, the man calling himself Charles Milton prowls the rodeo circuit, hunting young women. He chooses those he believes are the most vulnerable, wandering alone and distracted, before he strikes. For years, he has been meticulous in his methods, abducting, murdering, and disposing his victims while leaving no evidence of his crimes—or their identities—behind. Indigenous women have become his target of choice, knowing law enforcement’s history of ignoring their disappearances.

She’s tougher than he thinks. She’s also more vulnerable than she wants to admit… When it comes to two things—his special ops team and women—Lennon is never in over his head. But after a hot chick invites him as her date to her ex’s wedding, he’s not sure what he got himself into. He wants to see more of her—okay, all of her. Trouble is, he has no idea how to lure this evasive beauty between his sheets. From birth, Edie’s always been the underdog. Even her father didn’t claim her. All her life, she’s fought to get people to take her seriously, and in the tough field of...

She belongs to an enemy MC. Taking her could ruin me. But there’s nothing sweeter than stolen property. I'm one of the Rebel Riders MC. Fearless, ruthless, and always one step ahead of my enemies. My life is fast bikes, easy women, and always looking for the next score. Until I meet her. Alice. Alice is the new bartender for a rival MC, the Reaper’s Sons. Fiery, sassy, and smart. No way in hell she belongs with those Reaper’s Sons. But she owes them a debt and they’ve taken her captive to work it off. They own her. But she belongs to me. I know I should stay away. Our town is ready ...

Steadfast, Kansas, Population: 3,386 Annie McFay is a waitress with a calling far beyond burgers and fries. jered Manson is a runaway whose dad doesn't support his musical ambition. New ways clash with the old. Annie's newfound faith should make her happy, but her husband sees it as a threat to their marriage. Jered is trying out a new friendship - a dangerous one. And his actions may jeopardize lives besides his own. When Annie and Jered come face-to-face in one desperate moment, their spiritual choices become harsh reality. Threatened with disaster, the entire town of Steadfast must band ...

A duo of amateur sleuths must follow their noses to solve a murder in the first installment of this small-town cozy mystery series. Childhood friends Leigh Hill and Paloma Finch left their high-pressure, big-city jobs to pursue a quieter life running the Wicked Wick candle shop in the small town of Fall Haven. Rumors about a giant chain warehouse store moving to town have the mom-and-pop business owners on edge, but the community is stringing up lights, baking pies, and setting up booths in the town square to sell their wares at the annual Winter Festival. When a prominent local ...

He's a Talking Psychic Cat Trying to Save the World. His Humans Are Only Interested in Their Drama. Will he find a way before more die? When BMC Jasmine's first and second beloved humans are murdered, bestowing upon him their magical lite-witch powers, he goes from a carefree frolicking cat to a confused and grief-ridden, bumbling, magical mess. He's desperate to start a CatCast and broadcast his message of love across the land. But then, a knock comes at the front door. Now, he and his sleuthing crew have another murder to solve before the killer strikes again. But a devious cult leader ...

When Tiffany, Nanna, Rosie and Stone head to Memphis to investigate the world of Barbeques and Blues, they don’t expect to stumble on a double-homicide. But when two judges drop dead at a Barbeque and Blues Festival, the gang must work quickly to uncover the truth… before the killer strikes again. Who could’ve hated both judges so much – or did the judges poison each other? Was one an accident and the other a murder? Or was the real target someone else all along...? Praise for A.R. Winters: "The perfect balance of being lighthearted, but still a serious page-turning mystery." - ...

New Mexico Undersheriff Bill Gastner is presented with a case that appears to have brought big-time crime, including drug gangs, into Posadas County.

Jenna has a better likelihood of surviving a grizzly attack than military man Lipton. Special Operative and second-in-command for the Xtreme Ops team, Harris Lipton, aka Lip, finds himself sidelined after an accident. Then he’s saddled with a free-spirited hippie park ranger set on nursing him—and driving him crazy with a cute factor he never saw coming. Pain-in-the-neck Lipton is demanding and bossy with monumental ideas about nabbing the park bomber…but he does have enough fire in him to warm her through the coldest of Alaskan nights. While they band together with the Xtreme Ops ...

Desperate to escape the ghosts of his failed marriage, Cole leaves London behind for a remote stretch of coast, relishing the respite from the noise, drama, and relentless careerism that curdled his relationship and mental health. Leonora has made the same move for similar reasons. Though Cole still can’t figure out what went wrong with his marriage, and Leonora is having trouble acclimating to the hostile landscape, the pair forges a connection on the eroding bluff they call home. Then, two young women activists raising awareness about gendered violence disappear while passing through.

Gemma Hayden has returned to her hometown of Alice Springs for a new job as a primary school teacher. It's been six years since her family broke apart following the disappearance of her twin brother. And the scars still run deep. Hard on the heels of her homecoming, Saul Pearce, the man she once loved, is reposted from Parks and Wildlife in Darwin back to Alice. When an old car wreck is uncovered, washed down the river to Ruby Gap, Saul investigates only to find that the wreck belonged to Ethan, Gemma's twin—and there's a coded note for her in the glovebox.

Wayne Sharp newer expected his life to turn like that... Dishonorably discharged, he tries to build his life from the beginning in Clayton, New Mexico. He never expects to be attracted so deeply to the woman in trouble, in trouble beyond hope... Trying to help her, he becomes involved in the dark secrets of the town. The shared experiences in Clayton continue to draw Wayne and Candy closer as Wayne tries to determine, who really is in charge in Clayton. And why are they so concerned with Candy and himself. Or was it just he that they were interested in. The deeper Wayne got, the crazier it ...

Wayne Sharp newer expected his life to turn like that... Dishonorably discharged, he tries to build his life from the beginning in Clayton, New Mexico. He never expected to be attracted so deeply to the woman in trouble, in trouble beyond hope... Trying to help her, he becomes involved in the dark secrets of the town. The deeper Wayne got, the crazier it became. Can he eventually free up himself and start to live a normal life? Book 5 of the Dishonorably Discharged Series.

Where love purrs and danger prowls, every whisper reveals a truth. In the quaint town of Rubato, where the extraordinary is just another part of everyday life, BMC (better known as Psychic Cat) finds himself entangled in a web of mystery and romance that challenges his very understanding of souls and affections. When Bobby, a robot with a colorful past, vanishes without a trace, BMC's psychic senses are set ablaze. Aided by his faithful friend, Echo, he embarks on a quest to unravel the truth. But the investigation takes a complicated turn with the arrival of a captivating new feline whose ...

In 1972, the town of DeClare, Oklahoma, was consumed by the terrifying murder of Gaylene Harjo and the disappearance of her baby, Nicky Jack. When the child's pajama bottoms were found on the banks of Willow Creek, everyone feared Nicky Jack was dead, although his body was never found.

Date with Poison is the brilliant fourth novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency series and is perfect of fans of M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin series and Gervase Phinn. A young teenager has gone missing. Can Samson O'Brien and Delilah Metcalfe find him? Spring is in the air in Bruncliffe. But not everyone is filled with the joys of the season. Implicated in the murder of a man in Leeds, the Dales Detective Agency’s Samson O’Brien is facing tough questions from the police....